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Old Photo Album: "Fantastic Color and Special Effects": The Seals Ebony Studio

By Dr. Barbara A. Seals Nevergold - April 15, 2002

He was a part of the second great African American migration to the north who built a creative and spiritual life; along the way he documented the life of his community.

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